Dwarf Green Curled

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Dwarf Green Curled

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Dwarf Green Curled kale seeds is an heirloom Scottish kale dating back to 1865, originally known as Dwarf Curlies. Plants are very compact, growing to only 30-45cm (12-18") tall, but with delicate, succulent, tightly curled leaves. This wonderful kale is easy to grow, and quite useful for containers given its compact size. Try some on the balcony, or direct in your organic kale patch. This cold hardy kale is a good pick for summer planting for fall and winter harvest, but it will also produce well in summer from early spring plantings. Maturity is from direct sowing.

Matures in 60 days.(Open-pollinated seeds)

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0.5g (approx. 165 seeds)

KL423A

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2g (approx. 660 seeds)

KL423B

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15g (approx. 4950 seeds)

KL423C

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100g (approx. 33000 seeds)

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Heirloom

Very tightly curled

Good for containers

Open pollinated

Matures in 60 days

How To Grow

Kale contains higher levels of beta-carotene than any other green vegetable, and is also high in vitamin C and calcium. Collards are not far behind. All are easy to grow, vigorous, nutritious, resistant to cold, and easy to harvest and prepare. And the greens even get sweeter after frost. Follow along with this handy How to Grow Kale and Collards from Seeds Guide and grow healthy food! Perfect for juicing and long lasting green that stores well, delicious in crunchy salads.

LatinBrassica oleracea var. acephala Family: Brassicaceae

Difficulty Easy

We Recommend:Lacinato (KL425). This is a summertime favourite. While Lacinato is less cold hardy than many of its cousins, it forms tall, almost architectural rosettes of substantial leaves. Packed with flavour and nutrients, it’s a great variety for the beginner kale farmer.For Urban Gardeners: Dwarf Green Curled (KL423) stays smaller and more compact, and grows perfectly well in containers or raised beds. It’s also cold hardy, so well suited to winter harvesting.

Harvest Kale and collards can both be grown as a cut and come again crop for salad mixes by direct-seeding and cutting when plants are 5-8cm (2-3″) tall. They will re-grow. Or pick leaves from the bottom up on mature plants as you need them. In spring, the surviving plants start to flower, so eat the delicious flowering steps and buds.

Diseases & Pests Protect from cabbage moths and other insect pests with floating row cover. Prevent disease with a strict 4-year crop rotation, avoiding planting Brassicas in the same spot more than once every four years.

Companion Planting All Brassicas benefit from chamomile, dill, mint, rosemary, and sage. Avoid planting near eggplants, peppers, potatoes, or tomatoes. Plant collards near tomatoes, which repel the flea beetles that so often look for collard leaves to eat.